Noel JACKSON

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Service Number:	VX54525
Enlisted:	29 April 1941, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia, 20 September 1923
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 6 June 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row A. Grave 9. Inscription: "PROUDLY AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED SO SADLY MISSED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX54525, Royal Park, Victoria
29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54525
13 Dec 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54525, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked for Ambon.
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.
6 Jun 1944:	Involvement Private, VX54525, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War
6 Jun 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54525, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Died while P.O.W.

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